I used to work at a church in my small Northern Commiefornia town and we would take food to the ER not quite every day but a few times a week and even as small as our town is, we would see the same person lying on a gurney in the hallway as a room was getting prepped for him or her.
It didn't happen a whole lot but for as small as our town is, it surprised me when it did happen.
The nurses referred to them as frequent flyers.
Yes I know I’ve heard that term before. In the abortion industry women who come in for multiple abortions are called “frequent flyers”.
**CRINGE**